Hi there,
Thank you for contacting me agian and for your great video.
Elementor’s Text Editor widget uses WordPress’s native TinyMCE editor under the hood. When you press Enter, TinyMCE automatically wraps the text with <p></p> tags. While you can’t see these tags inside the Text tab, they are still applied by default
Because TinyMCE automatically manages paragraph formatting, switching between Text and Visual modes can sometimes cause spacing inconsistencies.
This isn’t specific to Elementor it’s the same limitation you’ll notice when using WordPress’s Classic Editor directly.Here’s a reference screenshot of TinyMCE’s default behavior:
https://prnt.sc/1xh36ew
Why formatting appears lost after switching modes This happens because TinyMCE “cleans up” the HTML each time you switch modes. Since Elementor uses the same editor, the behavior carries over. If you repeat the same steps inside the Classic Editor, you’ll see the same outcome.
If you need full control over formatting and spacing without TinyMCE trying to reformat your content, I recommend using Elementor’s HTML widget, where all your markup stays untouched.
I understand how frustrating this can be especially when you’ve invested time into building a page and expect consistent formatting. TinyMCE’s limitations can feel restrictive, Here is some workarounds you can apply:
Disable WordPress’ Automatic and Filtering
You can disable this behavior by adding the following snippet to the site’s functions.php or using a Code Snippets plugin:
remove_filter( ‘the_content’, ‘wpautop’ );
remove_filter( ‘the_excerpt’, ‘wpautop’ );
Use CSS to Force Consistent Line Height
If the only issue is visual spacing, you can override tiny inconsistencies with custom CSS:
p {
line-height: 1.6em !important;
margin-bottom: 1.2em !important;
}
Use SHIFT + ENTER for Single-Line Breaks
If the customer wants:
Enter → new paragraph (larger space)
Shift + Enter → simple line break (small space)
Explaining this often solves many formatting surprises.
Hope this helps, once again we truly apologise for any frustrations made during this process.
